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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
809 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON
SHOAL OUT 20 NM...
BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.
* AT 808 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST TURTLE
SHOAL LIGHT, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
SOMBRERO KEY LIGHT, EAST TURTLE SHOAL LIGHT, BONEFISH TOWER, VACA
CUT DAYBEACON 13, AND EAST WASHERWOMAN SHOAL LIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
INTENSE AND CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. STAY
LOW, OR GO BELOW. LOWER VHF ANTENNA, OUTRIGGERS, FISHING RODS, AND
UMBRELLAS.
LAT...LON 2468 8083 2438 8109 2457 8130 2471 8111
2471 8108 2470 8109 2470 8111 2469 8111
2469 8108 2473 8103 2474 8103 2472 8108
2472 8109 2481 8097
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 045DEG 25KT 2470 8096
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
MJV
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